about me
I am a PhD candidate in Environment and Resources (E-IPER) at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, and I am part of the Echolab, Mordecai Lab, and Global Policy Lab. I am co-advised by Erin Mordecai (Biology) and Marshall Burke (Global Environmental Policy). In addition to my program funding, I am supported by the Stanford Data Science Fellowship, NSF GRFP, and the Stanford EDGE Fellowship. Before starting my PhD, I was a research analyst at the Global Policy Lab at UC Berkeley (now @Stanford), worked at an environmental engineering firm, and earned my MPH from Columbia University in Environmental Health Sciences and Global Health.
When I'm not at my desk, you can find me outside - most likely running or hiking up a mountain. I also co-founded a trivia company (aeroTRIV) with my husband and we love to host bespoke trivia nights to bring communities together.
research interests
planetary health | climate extremes | global change | environmental pollution and toxic exposures | disease ecology | environmental data science | causal inference
My research is united by the question: how can we protect human health in the face of intensifying and extreme environmental change? We live in an era where humans are impacting and are impacted by their environment at an unprecedented scale. Natural disasters such as wildfires are growing in size and severity, while tropical cyclones are intensifying and leading to lasting damage. My work aims to contribute to a body of evidence that measures how extreme climate events lead to environmental degradation, harmful exposures, and disease outcomes as a way to better prepare for and prevent future impacts.